Congenital heart disease in live-born children: Incidence, distribution, and yearly changes in the Campania Region

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 368-374

  Capozzi, Giovanbattista ^a,c   Caputo, Salvatore ^a   Pizzuti, Renato ^b   Martina, Lucia ^b   Santoro, Michele ^b   Santoro, Giuseppe ^a   Sarubbi, Berardo ^a   Iacono, Carola ^a   D'Alto, Michele ^a   Bigazzi, Maurizio Cappelli ^a   Pacileo, Giuseppe ^a   Merlino, Ettore ^a   Caianiello, Giuseppe ^a   Russo, Maria Giovanna ^a   Calabrò, Raffaele ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Health District of Naples   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Health services; Incidence; Infant; Live birth; Registries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAMPANIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 40649114558     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3282eee866     Document Type: Article

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